# New here looking for advice and opinions

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/new-here-looking-for-advice-and-opinions/14710>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** stories, symptoms, internal-jugular-vei\
**Created:** [November 23, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/new-here-looking-for-advice-and-opinions/14710 "2023-11-23T14:16:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![KoolDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@KoolDude](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/KoolDude)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/new-here-looking-for-advice-and-opinions/14710/114 "2024-04-15T20:59:04Z")

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> [@Chan](#):
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> @KoolDude, @vdm, I think you guys are mixing up my own 2021 CT-E with @Sprinter’s 2023 CTV!

I was referring the CT on the posting below. I did assume it was CTV ( CT Venography) since it clearly showed the venous systems well. If it was CTA ( CT Angiography), then it must have been done in both phases ( venous & arterial) since IJVs and collaterals (which are veins) are clearly seen. Typically, CTA will show arteries clearer than veins.

> [@It's A Long Story – Bilateral IJV Compression For 14+ Years In 38-Year-Old East Asian Male](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/its-a-long-story-bilateral-ijv-compression-for-14-years-in-38-year-old-east-asian-male/15785/1):
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> **[A lightly annotated scroll through the same CT series with Weasis]**
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> ![cine-2fps-reduced](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/e/e0bcf814d56ae50abedefec36226f15966289729.gif)

> [@Chan](#):
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> wIthout checking the measurements for the IIH markers, I generally found the optic nerves, Meckel’s cave, and sella turcica worth commenting on, as @KoolDude does

Well, it is bit difficulty to glean evidence from a video but if your _ **thick black lines** _ along the optical nerve is all CSF, then there is no doubt that the Optic Nerve Sheath is dilated although it is bit difficulty to visualize in T1.

For Meckel Cave, according to the paper I posted "The mean diameters of the Meckel cave on the coronal T2 plane in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension were _ **5.21 ± 1.22 mm** _ on the left side and _ **5.16 ± 0.90 mm** _ on the right side ". That means the diameter could be as low as _ **4.26 mm** _ and as high as _ **6.06 mm** _ on the right side, my guess is, that your right Meckel Cave falls in that range with my visual estimation because it is difficulty to measure it on a video.

T2/Fiesta sequences with more slices than the traditional 27 slice, is good for measuring them.

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